The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-18
THE MAN OF MODERATE
 MEANS"
Boston GlolNs.

cases rather than results, and realities moe than appearances, there Is much to be said on the other side of the subject which was discussed under this heading in last Sundays Globe, The middle class. to which our man of moderate means belongs, is by largo odds the most important portion of the Americanl people to-day, in it's h- ilucnce upon prngress, its contribu- tion towards the formation of ua- tioml character, and its strength Us a factor in the country's wealth and importance. It is not the small body of the rich, great as its power may bc, which rules the fortunes of the na- ton, or determines the future of Il race which 1t can scarcely be said to represent IL k the mass of honorable and sturdy men, well educated, kcenly observant, and practically interested in the formulas of life, that k going to shape the nationality which Is to be the inheritance nj Americans. To 1e
 clare that in our scheme of govern ment and society the individual of this class is ignored, his claims sighted or his prosperity hinicrsl, is to acknowledge our system unsound
 from foundation to keystone, and to
 prove that we are building an insecure and treacherous tallacy in place of the noble and symmetrical temple of sound principles.
 If the man of moderate means re-
 tains his own self-respect, and gov erns the disposal of his income with the same clearness and common sensr hc used in it's requirement, he Is by
 no means dropped out of sight in the modern plan of civilization. On the contrary, he finds at his disposal n thousand helps toward ease of living and contentment of spirit which were unknown to his compeers of even n generation back. His table can Ike spread with variety and abundance
 which would have been impossible to any but H millionaire fifty years ago. Space has been practically annihildtcd, and the kingdoms of the earth ran
 sacked. summer and winter, in order that their luxuries may be brought to his door. Instead of the unholy pie of his mother and grandmother. his dessert can be of delicious fruits from one years end to the other, varied, wholesome and attractive. His body and his house can bc dressed with taste and judgment; the cravings of his aesthetic nature can be gratiiicd with simple but harmonious combia- tions of form and color His dinner service may bc as shapely and becom- ing to the eye; his easy chair as com forting to the senses, his library table as rich in it's harvest of scientific and imaginative literature as that of his but the wisdom to rid himself of the shallowness of outward show and to think only of intrinsic merit. Per fectly feasible and attractive homes await him at reasonable rentals, If he does not crave the illusive pleasure of living in fashionable DcighborhoOd, which shall throw the shadow of false pretcnsion on his life. When fortune favors him with the oppOrtu- nifty of resting--and fortune k very prodigal of such favors of latc--he can choose from multitude of lovely and quiet situations, by sta, or lake, or valley, or mountain side, far from the haunts of fashion. with their senscIess license of extravaganza. Without doing violence to any of his preferences, he can enjoy his summer in his own way, amid the surround ings he most loves, and yet not exceed the amount he has deemed fitting to spend upon his holiday. When in some of tine iovelicst towns of New Hampshire and Vermont there are comfortable farm houses offering good board for from three tO five dollars A week, amid beautiful scenery and every desilieratum for enjoyment ex- cept the mere animal one of luxurious surroundings, there surely can be no lack of opportunity for needed recre- ation.
 The much abused medical profes- sion is based upon no such system of intolerance of moderate means as is sometimes asserted. IL is quite pos sible still to find the family doctor, who can both set the broken leg or the sprained ankle and attend to the measles at the same time. Indeed, it is the exception, rather than the rule, when he cannot. And he will know plenty of wcll-trained nurses, capable and attentive, to suit any condition of his patients purse, and to give valua- ble service for their very moderate wage. If one cannot afford the higher price of the hospital nurse, there Is Do reason in the world why he should go a-begging for experienced help in case of sickness.
 So that there is no reasonable com- fort or refinement in food for mind or body, in material surroundings or those which affect the sentiment of